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he first LNG plant began operation in 1917 inWest Virginia, US, using
mineral wool pipe insulation that had been in use since the 1840s. Cellular
glass came into prominence in the 1930s, with rigid cellular plastics, such as
polyisocyanurate (PIR), emerging around the 1950s.
Concurrently, there was an increasing global need to impose standardised
levels of quality or attainment within material technologies, engineering, and
construction. Charles Dudley became the driving force behind the American
Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), mostly driven by rapid advancement in
railroad technologies and the ensuing failures. Today, ASTM governs over an
immense landscape of products and test methods, including insulation
applications.
Risk mitigation
Ted Berglund and Joseph Hughes,
Dyplast, USA,
take a detailed look at
LNG insulation system risk mitigation.
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